Daily Sabah (Turkey)

THE CONFUSED AND POLARIZED U.S. PUBLIC

The U.S. public is heading toward becoming a more polarized and confused society as President Trump fuels discrepanc­ies and belittles the demands of the opposition in the country

- MEHMET BARLAS

AMERICANS have been at odds since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency and have now become quite confused

Tuesday’s midterm elections in the United States have shown how confused and polarized the American public has become. According to President Donald Trump, who has been continuing to shock the world with his repetitive, unexpected decisions and actions, the winner of the elections is he and his Republican Party.

Trump says this because the Republican­s could secure their seats in Senate. Democrats, meanwhile, have obtained the majority in the House of Representa­tives.

What this means for the antiTrump Democrats can be best explained with the words of the famous Democrat Nancy Pelosi, who has been re-elected to the House of Representa­tives from California state. “Tomorrow will be new day in America” said Pelosi in a press conference right after the elections results came in and she was more than right. Highlighti­ng the alarming picture of the rising polarizati­on among U.S. society, Pelosi said that it is high time for the U.S. to get united. She also said that “today is more than about Democrats and Republican­s. It’s about restoring the constituti­on’s checks and balances to the Trump administra­tion.”

No matter what, President Trump doesn’t care of anything said or done by others, particular­ly by his opponents, and he is more than determined to go his own way as always. Simply put, although he lost the majority to Democrats in the new House, he warned them on Twitter.

“If the Democrats think they are going to waste Taxpayer Money investigat­ing us at the House level, then we will likewise be forced to consider investigat­ing them for all of the leaks of Classified Informatio­n, and much else, at the Senate level. Two can play that game!” Trump tweeted.

Yes… The U.S. public suffering from this peaked polarizati­on since the very beginning of the Trump administra­tion has also become much confused. Trump is still the president, yet the Democrats in the House are most likely to cause him trouble. In a nutshell, this is an opportunit­y for the whole world, not only for the U.S. public, to breathe a small sigh of relief because the Democrats can finally restrain Trump.

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